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Executive Committee ..................................................................................................... 3

Affiliates ........................................................................................................................... 4

Keynote Speaker ............................................................................................................. 5

State Top Ten List ........................................................................................................... 6

Regional Top Ten Lists ................................................................................................... 8

Cover artwork by Amanda Niedzialomski

TENNESSEE MATHEMATICS TEACHERS ASSOCIATION 3

President: Jackie Vogel Austin Peay State University E-mail: [email protected] Past President: Desireé McCullough University of Tennessee at Martin Email: [email protected] President-Elect: Alice Carson Powell High School Email: [email protected] Secretary: Steve Gadbois Memphis University School E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer: Stephanie Kolitsch University of Tennessee at Martin E-mail: [email protected] NCTM Representative and Parliamentarian: Ann Indingaro E-mail: [email protected] Vice-President for Elementary: Julie Martin Head Middle Magnet Prep School E-mail: [email protected] Vice-President for Middle Schools: Lois Coles Brentwood Middle School E-mail: [email protected] Vice-President for Secondary Schools: Alice Carson Powell High School Email: [email protected]

Vice President for Two-Year Colleges: Susan Mosteller Pellissippi State Community College Email: [email protected] Vice-President for Colleges/University: Carroll Wells Lipscomb University E-mail: [email protected] Examinations Director: David Ray University of Tennessee at Martin E-mail: [email protected] Contest Coordinator: Becky Darrough Austin Peay State University E-mail: [email protected] Contest Awards Chair: Desireé McCullough University of Tennessee at Martin Email: [email protected] TMTA Bulletin Editor: Lisa Elliott West Creek High School E-mail: [email protected] rship Coordinator: Pat Tyree Membership Coordinator: Pat Tyree Brentwood Academy E-mail: [email protected] Membership Co-Coordinator: Cyndy Howes Ravenwood High School [email protected] Webmaster: Kim Mullins Bethel Springs Elementary School [email protected]

Executive Committee & Affiliates


CAMTA Chattanooga Area Mathematics Teachers’ Association Andy Shultz Baylor School – Chattanooga [email protected] MAC-O-TOM Co-Presidents Elizabeth Kirby; Christine Bingham White Station High School (Shelby County); Shelby County Dept C&I [email protected]; [email protected] MT2-NW Mathematics Teachers of Tennessee – Northwest Kim Mullins Bethel Springs Elementary School [email protected] (MT)2 Middle Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Jackie Montileone Sunset Middle School [email protected] SM2EA Smoky Mountain Mathematics Educators’ Association Chris Bradley [email protected] TMATYC Tennessee Mathematics Association for Two Year Colleges James Adair Dyersburg State Community College [email protected] UETCTM Upper East Tennessee Council of Teachers of Mathematics Amanda Cole Kingsport City Schools [email protected] TAMTE Tennessee Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Ann Assad Austin Peay State University [email protected]

Affiliates


TMTA MATH CONTEST 2017 TOP 10 MATHLETES

Keynote Speaker Trent Okerson

A native of Metropolis, Illinois, Trent Okerson joined the Weather Authority in October

2007. Trent's interest in weather stems back to his childhood, when his Papaw used to

tell him that thunder was "the tater wagon tipping over." He jokes that while others

would go home after school and watch cartoons, he went home and watched The

Weather Channel (and also some cartoons). He says that one of the best birthday

presents he ever received was when he got to come over to WPSD and meet Cal Sisto

for his 6th birthday.

Prior to coming to work for Local 6, Trent spent 5½ years in education as a junior high and high

school science teacher, but his love has always been weather. While teaching, he went back

and began working on his education in meteorology through Mississippi State University, and

interned at WPSD during the summer of 2006. In August of 2008, Trent graduated at the top of

his class with his Certificate in Broadcast Meteorology. In June 2011, Trent was awarded the

National Weather Association Seal of Approval.



State Top Ten List State Tennessee Top Ten - Algebra I

Rank Score Name School City Teacher

1 154 Adam Wang Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Maggie Qian 2 153 Soo Young Han Jefferson County High School Dandridge Bill Delozier 2 153 Makayla Kindle Greeneville High School Greeneville Annette Watts 4 151 Saksham Saksena Houston Middle School Germantown Pamela Tate 5 146 Ayaka Kimura Houston Middle School Germantown Pamela Tate 5 146 Kevin Liu Houston Middle School Germantown Pamela Tate 7 143 Whitman Czajkowski Siegel Middle School Murfreesboro Karen Dodd 8 142 Jeffrey Chang Farragut Middle School Knoxville Scott Frieling 8 142 Daniel Feng Science Hill High School Johnson City Justin Hyder 8 142 Stephen Hay Greeneville High School Greeneville Annette Watts

State Tennessee Top Ten - Geometry

Rank Score Name School City Teacher 1 200 Emily Sun Collierville High School Collierville Lauren Balentine 1 200 George Zhang Memphis University School Memphis Leigh Packard 1 200 Alex Zhang Collierville High School Collierville Lauren Balentine 1 200 Sam Meacham Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Matt Golenor 5 195 Rhea Charles West Valley Middle School Knoxville Carole Packett

5 195 Tony Song Hamilton Heights Christian Academy

Chattanooga Karen Reno

5 195 Steven Qiu Maryville Junior High School Maryville Scott Harness 8 191 Eliza Conner Maryville Junior High School Maryville Scott Harness 9 190 Megan Underwood Maryville Junior High School Maryville Scott Harness 9 190 Rulan Gu West Valley Middle School Knoxville Carole Packett 9 190 Cathleen Li Franklin Road Academy Nashville Ed Zaborowski 9 190 Colin Tang Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Matt Golenor

State Tennessee Top Ten - Algebra II

Rank Score Name School City Teacher 1 200 Arjun Puri Memphis University School Memphis Steve Gadbois 2 196 Andrew Brady Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge George Peake 3 195 Ankush Dhar Ravenwood High School Brentwood Mary Hawken 4 191 Colin Murray Ensworth High School Nashville Joseph Brady

5 190 William Jackson Christian Brothers High School Memphis

Shawn Morgan

6 176 Luke Kronzer Farragut High School Farragut Connie Vavalides 7 171 Aditya Bal Farragut High School Farragut Connie Vavalides 8 168 Kichul Kang Rossview High School Clarksville Jason Greene 9 167 Connor Baker Maryville High School Maryville Jessica Janson

10 165 Franklin Pezzuti Dyer Science Hill Johnson City Eric Wontergem 10 165 Sean Yang Houston High School Germantown Jenna Kitchens



State Tennessee Top Ten - Statistics

Rank Score Name School City Teacher 1 167 Mike Miccioli Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Sean Jackson 2 163 Veera Devarasetty Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 2 163 Namrah Ajmal Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 4 157 Quinn Cunneely Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 4 157 Connor Novak Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 6 145 Melody Guo Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge Thomas Froning 7 144 Nicholas Hayes Collierville High School Collierville Matthew Holmes 8 143 Maclain Aslinger McCallie School Chattanooga Bryon McCagne 9 139 Anna Sun White Station High School Memphis Susan Campbell

10 138 Spencer Flint Farragut High School Farragut Elaine Wolfe 10 138 Juliana Pulsinelli Bearden High School Knoxville Ernie Roberts

State Tennessee Top Ten - Precalculus

Rank Score Name School City Teacher 1 191 Kevin Lu White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 2 178 Ethan Brady Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge Elaine Vaughan 3 176 Xinyi Tan White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 4 173 Vincent Wang Houston High School Germantown Ashley Coates 5 172 Adam Von Arnim Farragut High School Farragut Angela Buckman 5 172 Forest Cheu Farragut High School Farragut Angela Buckman 7 171 Spencer Williams Webb School of Knoxville Knoxville Teresa Sexton 8 170 Anming Gu White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 8 170 Frank Tian Battle Ground Academy Franklin Leean Luter

10 168 Konnor Porter Seymour High School Seymour Paula Nichols 10 168 Frank Staudaest Farragut High School Farragut Angela Buckman 10 168 Yuxi Long McCallie School Chattanooga Robert Lyons

State Tennessee Top Ten - Calculus & Advanced Topics

Rank Score Name School City Teacher 1 186 Allen Liu McCallie School Chattanooga Robert Lyons 2 185 Jackson Moody Memphis University School Memphis Nancy Gates 3 175 Levi Evans White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 4 174 Kelsi Burt Tullahoma High School Tullahoma Frank Vanzant 5 171 Joseph Andress Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge Deanna Pickel 6 170 Joon Sung Park Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 7 167 Chang Yu Memphis University School Memphis Steve Gadbois 8 165 Micah White Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Bill Compton 9 163 Zirui Zhou Farragut High School Farragut Wanda Lacy

10 161 Chiraag Kaushik Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak



Regional Top Ten Lists

East Tennessee Top Ten - Algebra I

Rank Score Name School City Teacher 1 153 Soo Young Han Jefferson County High School Dandridge Bill Delozier 1 153 Makayla Kindle Greeneville High School Greeneville Annette Watts 3 142 Jeffrey Chang Farragut Middle School Knoxville Scott Frieling 3 142 Daniel Feng Science Hill High School Johnson City Justin Hyder 3 142 Stephen Hay Greeneville High School Greeneville Annette Watts 6 138 Christine Liang Science Hill High School Johnson City Catherine White 7 132 Helen Hoye Science Hill High School Johnson City Glenda Connor

8 131 Yingqi Liu Hamilton Heights Christian Academy


9 129 James Robertson Maryville Junior High Maryville Logan Goodin 10 128 Vivian Chen Maryville Junior High Maryville Logan Goodin

10 128 Jacob Fanihos Farragut Middle School Knoxville Randall Swartzentruber

East Tennessee Top Ten - Geometry


1 195 Rhea Charles West Valley Middle School Knoxville Carole Packett

1 195 Tony Song Hamilton Heights Christian Academy


1 195 Steven Qiu Maryville Junior High School Maryville Scott Harness 4 191 Eliza Connor Maryville Junior High School Maryville Scott Harness 5 190 Megan Underwood Maryville Junior High School Maryville Scott Harness 5 190 Rulan Gu West Valley Middle School Knoxville Carole Packett

7 187 Paxtyn Lawson Morristown Hamblen High School East

Morristown Vicki Bible

8 185 Kevin Li Jefferson Middle School Dandridge Rachel Huan 9 182 Will Combs William Blount High School Maryville Mrs. Heath

10 181 Andrew Sanders Maryville Junior High School Maryville Scott Harness

East Tennessee Top Ten - Algebra II


1 196 Andrew Brady Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge George Peake 2 176 Luke Kronzer Farragut High School Knoxville Connie Vavalides 3 171 Aditya Bal Farragut High School Knoxville Connie Vavalides 4 167 Connor Baker Maryville High School Maryville Steve Koontz 5 165 Franklin Pezzuti Dyer Science Hill Johnson City Eric Wontergem 6 161 Alissa Gordon Maryville High School Maryville Steve Koontz 7 160 Vijay Ananthula University School Johnson City Barbara Bishop 8 153 Katherine Chen Farragut High School Knoxville Connie Vavalides 8 153 Alex Mays Maryville High School Maryville Nick Kessler 8 153 Rachel Sheffer Lenior City High School Lenior City Stephanie Guth



East Tennessee Top Ten - Statistics


1 145 Melody Guo Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge Thomas Froning

2 143 Maclain Aslinger McCallie School Chattanooga Bryon McCagne

3 140 Spencer Flint Farragut High School Knoxville Elaine Wolfe

4 138 Juliana Pulsinelli Bearden High School Knoxville Ernie Roberts

5 137 Steven Qu Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge Jessica Williams

6 133 Daniel Choo Farragut High School Knoxville Elaine Wolfe

7 124 Joseph Broady Webb School of Knoxville Knoxville Teresa Sexton

7 124 Zeyun Wang Science Hill Johnson City Floyd Brown

9 123 William Rutledge Morristown Hamblen High School West

Morristown Brian McLaughlin

10 122 Matthew Jansen Bearden High School Knoxville Ernie Roberts

East Tennessee Top Ten - PreCalculus


1 178 Ethan Brady Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge Elaine Vaughan

2 173 Konnor Porter Seymour High School Seymour Paula Nichols

3 172 Adam Von Arnim Farragut High School Knoxville Angela Buckman

3 172 Forest Cheu Farragut High School Knoxville Angela Buckman

5 171 Spencer Williams Webb School of Knoxville Knoxville Teresa Sexton

6 168 Frank Staudaest Farragut High School Knoxville Angela Buckman

6 168 Yuxi Long McCallie School Chattanooga Robert Lyons

8 167 Arnab Dey Dobyns-Bennet High School Kingsport Cynthia Silvey

9 162 Andrew Whitinger Sullivan South High School Kingsport Tori Haile

10 161 Daniel Zetterberg Farragut High School Knoxville Elaine Wolfe

10 161 Yuchen Jing Farragut High School Knoxville Angela Buckman

East Tennessee Top Ten – Calculus and Advanced Topics


1 186 Allen Liu McCallie School Chattanooga Rob Lyons

2 171 Joseph Andress Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge Deanna Pickel

3 163 Zirui Zhou Farragut High school Knoxville Wanda Lacy

4 160 Nikhil Virani McCallie School Chattanooga Rob Lyons

5 155 Henry Shen Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge Deanna Pickel

5 155 Elliot Fang Farragut High school Knoxville Wanda Lacy

7 153 Erika Yang Farragut High school Knoxville Wanda Lacy

8 149 Michael Lin Farragut High school Knoxville Wanda Lacy

9 148 William Andress Oak Ridge High School Oak Ridge Jessica Williams

10 147 Tolson Bell Webb School of Knoxville Knoxville Teresa Sexton



Middle Tennessee Top Ten - Algebra I

Rank Score Name School City Teacher 1 154 Adam Wang Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Maggie Qian 2 143 Whitman Czajkowski Siegel Middle School Murfreesboro Karen Dodd 3 139 Vincent Corvia West Middle School Tullahoma Faye Neel 4 136 Bill Ouyang Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Maggie Qian 5 134 Michael Ashburn Stone Memorial High School Crossville Jamie Rossman 6 130 Erica Friedman University School of Nashville Nashville Sarah Ice 7 128 Daniel Puckett Dekalb County High School Smithville Andrew Dixon 8 126 Preston McGee West Middle School Tullahoma Faye Neel 9 123 John Myers Harding Academy Nashville Jacob Madden 9 123 Belle Huang Harpeth Hall Nashville Maureen Hill

Middle Tennessee Top Ten - Geometry

Rank Score Name School City Teacher 1 200 Sam Meacham Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Matt Golenor 2 190 Cathleen Li Franklin Road Academy Nashville Ed Zaborowski 2 190 Colin Tang Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Matt Golenor 3 187 Jason Zhu Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Matt Golenor 4 185 Kim Jinsun Franklin High School Franklin Joe Rietveld 5 177 Jiahua Wang The Webb School Bell Buckle Joe Griggs 6 173 Henry Sprouse Hendersonville High School Hendersonville James Beasley 7 172 Dan McGuire Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville David Deutsch 8 171 Matthew Milam Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Matt Golenor 9 170 Ashwath Nayagadurai Martin Luther King Magnet Nashville Anna Dailey 9 170 Joonyoung Im Rossview High School Clarksville Jason Greene

Middle Tennessee Top Ten - Algebra II


1 195 Ankush Dhar Ravenwood High School Brentwood Mary Hawken 2 191 Colin Murray Ensworth High School Nashville Joseph Brady 3 168 Kichul Kang Rossview High School Clarksville Jason Greene

4 160 Ethan Coburn Lipscomb Academy High School

Nashville Meredith Brocklebank

5 159 Thomas Zeuthen Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville John Lanier 6 155 Matt Hawkins Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Maggie Qian 7 154 Siyuan Zhang Portland High School Portland Janet Smith 8 153 Bob Qian Martin Luther King Magnet Nashville David Tullis

9 151 Mrinmoyee Kalasikam

Ravenwood High School Brentwood Mary Hawken

10 150 Cheoneui Park Ravenwood High School Brentwood Mary Hawken 10 150 Kevin Zhang Davidson Academy Nashville Susan Castleberry 10 150 Ian Dilick Pope John Paul II Hendersonville Amanda Peper


TMTA MATH CONTEST 2017 TOP 10 MATHLETES Middle Tennessee Top Ten - Statistics


1 167 Mike Miccioli Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Sean Jackson 2 163 Veera Devarasetty Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 2 163 Namrah Ajmal Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 3 157 Quinn Cunneely Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 3 157 Connor Novak Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 4 128 Owen Atkinson Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 5 125 Emily Jenkins Harpeth Hall School Nashville David Griswold

6 124 Tyler Hart Independence High School Thompson's Station

Magan Hardin

6 124 Natalie Joseph Ravenwood High School Brentwood Suzanne Nuccio 7 123 Hannah Thomas Hendersonville High School Hendersonville Angela Stiles

Middle Tennessee Top Ten - PreCalculus


1 170 Frank Tian Battle Ground Academy Franklin Leean Luter

2 163 Moussa Mikhail Hume-Fogg Magnet High School

Nashville Elizabeth Metts

3 162 Sam DeCoster Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Mike Davidson 4 151 Kate Sanborn Franklin High School Franklin Laurie Sims 5 150 Elizabeth Qiao Brentwood High School Brentwood Christie Feiler 6 149 William Wallace Ensworth High School Nashville Sharon Glenn 7 146 Yi Qu Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak

7 146 William Welch Lipscomb Academy High School

Nashville Amy Bowling

8 141 Madison Dochety Tullahoma High School Tullahoma Kimberly Carter 9 140 Andrew Bulgarino Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville John Lanier

Middle Tennessee Top Ten – Calculus and Advanced Topics


1 174 Kelsi Burt Tullahoma High School Tullahoma Frank Vanzant 2 170 Joon Sung Park Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 3 165 Micah White Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville Bill Compton 4 161 Chiraag Kaushik Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 5 155 Tony Huang Montgomery Bell Academy Nashville David Phillippi 6 154 Jonathan Dean Cookeville High School Cookeville Brian O'Connor 6 154 Stephen Quiton Franklin High School Franklin Tracy Harmon 7 153 Jack O'Donohue Franklin High School Franklin Tracy Harmon 7 153 Arjun Keerthi Brentwood High School Brentwood Jerry Stelmaszak 7 153 Barbara Xiong University School of Nashville Nashville Justin Fitzpatrick


TMTA MATH CONTEST 2017 TOP 10 MATHLETES West Tennessee Top Ten - Algebra I


1 151 Saksham Saksena Houston Middle School Germantown Pamela Tate 2 146 Ayaka Kimura Houston Middle School Germantown Pamela Tate 3 146 Kevin Liu Houston Middle School Germantown Pamela Tate 4 140 Yuka Kimura Houston Middle School Germantown Pamela Tate 5 138 Cooper Grinspun Memphis University School Memphis Shawn Abel 6 134 Forest Rudd Memphis University School Memphis Shawn Abel 7 132 Ian Keith Brighton High School Brighton Carrie Sherfield 8 125 Kerry Zhao Memphis University School Memphis Shawn Abel 9 124 Kimberly Kerr Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis Jill Damplo

10 120 Will Woodmansee Memphis University School Memphis Shawn Abel

West Tennessee Top Ten - Geometry


1 200 Emily Sun Collierville High School Collierville Lauren Balentine 1 200 George Zhang Memphis University School Memphis Leigh Packard 1 200 Alex Zhang Collierville High School Collierville Lauren Balentine 4 186 Samuel Paul Memphis University School Memphis Leigh Packard 4 186 Major Glenn Houston High School Germantown Sharon Reeder 6 182 Subhash Eedarapalli Collierville High School Collierville Lauren Balentine 7 181 Cullen Lonergan Memphis University School Memphis Leigh Packard 8 180 Megan Liu Collierville High School Collierville Lauren Balentine 9 178 Jaqueline Lee Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis Jill Damplo

10 175 Frank Colvett Memphis University School Memphis Leigh Packard

West Tennessee Top Ten - Algebra II


1 200 Arjun Puri Memphis University School Memphis Steve Gadbois

2 190 William Jackson Christian Brothers High School

Memphis Shawn Morgan

3 165 Sean Yang Houston High School Germantown Jenna Kitchens

4 164 Jack Jerit Christian Brothers High School


5 157 Kester Nucum Henry County High School Paris Beth Weed 5 157 Robert McFadden Memphis University School Memphis Steve Gadbois 7 155 Tyler Bruno University School of Jackson Jackson Don Newman

8 153 Blake Lawler Christian Brothers High School


9 150 Anjali Mahajan University School of Jackson Jackson Don Newman 10 148 Cady Baltz Houston High School Germantown Jenna Kitchens


TMTA MATH CONTEST 2017 TOP 10 MATHLETES West Tennessee Top Ten - Statistics


1 144 Nicholas Hayes Collierville High School Collierville Matthew Holmes 2 139 Anna Sue White Station High School Memphis Susan Campbell 3 133 Andrew Wu White Station High School Memphis Susan Campbell 4 117 Sofia Murtaugh White Station High School Memphis Susan Campbell 5 115 Caroline Ciaramitaro Saint Mary's Episcopal School Memphis Jeff McCalla 6 114 Adalyn Meeks Saint Mary's Episcopal School Memphis Jeff McCalla 7 111 Fengbo Zhao White Station High School Memphis Susan Campbell 8 107 Emily Roy White Station High School Memphis Susan Campbell 9 102 Yumin Lee Collierville High School Collierville Matthew Holmes

10 97 Caitlin O'Connor Collierville High School Collierville Matthew Holmes

West Tennessee Top Ten - PreCalculus


1 191 Kevin Luo White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 2 176 Xinyi Tan White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 3 173 Vincent Wang Houston High School Germantown Ashley Coates 4 170 Anming Gu White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 5 156 Benjamin Freeman Memphis University School Memphis Mike Gunn 6 155 Jonathan Zhang White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 7 153 Stephanie Wang White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 8 142 Elaine Fu Houston High School Germantown Ashley Coates 9 142 Will Hamic Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis John Brewster

10 140 Nicolas Beine Briarcrest Christian School Eads Annette Hardcastle

West Tennessee Top Ten – Calculus and Advanced Topics


1 185 Jackson Moody Memphis University School Memphis Nancy Gates 2 175 Levi Evans White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 3 167 Chang Yu Memphis University School Memphis Steve Gadbois 4 158 Akaash Padmanabha Collierville High School Collierville Ivonne Bentley 5 150 John Stanford University School of Jackson Jackson Don Newman 5 150 Angus McKee White Station High School Memphis Yanli Cui 5 150 Richard Li Collierville High School Collierville Ivonne Bentley 8 145 Riggs Markham Christian Brothers High School Memphis Dustin Perry 9 144 Joseph Stafford Lausanne Collegiate School Memphis John Brewster

10 142 Jackson Howell Memphis University School Memphis Nancy Gates


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Just for Fun—Puzzles and Problems A “1000-year” storm hit the state of Louisiana, dropping nearly 7 trillion gallons (26 trillion liters) of water the week of August 8, 2016. That is equivalent to three times the amount of water that accompanied Hurricane Katrina. To put this number into perspective, let’s look at how much water an individual uses per year. According to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the average person uses 2500 cubic meters of water per year. If the water from this storm was all collected (and purified), how many people could it support for one week?

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A single 3cm ice cube is placed in a perfectly cylindrical glass of water of diameter 7cm. Using Archimedes’ Principle (the buoyant force on the ice cube equals the weight of the volume of water it displaces), estimate how much the water level changes after the ice melts.


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If you slice through a unit cube in just the right place, the intersection between the plane and the cube is a regular hexagon. Suppose that before the slicing, the unit cube had a regular tetrahedron inside, each of whose four vertices was also a vertex of the cube. After the slicing, what is the volume of the larger piece of the tetrahedron which is formed by the slice?

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The Death Star, a galactic superweapon that can destroy planets with its laser, has a diameter of about 150 kilometers, with a 2-meter-wide exhaust port at the bottom. This design is incredibly energy-efficient, because nearly all of the energy generated by the reactor is converted into the superlaser’s light, and only a tiny fraction is dissipated as exhaust heat. To compare this with today’s technology, suppose that we can build a version 50 meters in diameter, with a 1-meter-wide exhaust port. If we used this level of technology to power a 150-kilometer-diameter version, where power output grows proportionally with the volume, what fraction of the surface area will be taken up by the exhaust port?


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You have a large cubical box which contains 1000 cubical chocolates, arranged in a 10x10x10 grid pattern, each in an individual box. You have to decide if you want to wrap the large box or wrap each of the individual boxes. What is the ratio of the amount of wrapping paper needed for individually wrapping the 1000 smaller boxes, over the amount of wrapping paper needed to wrap the single large box?


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The Fifteen Game has two players, taking turns picking a number from 1 through 9 on each turn. Once a number has been picked, it cannot be picked again by either player. As soon as a player has a set of numbers which contain three distinct numbers that sum to exactly 15, that player wins and the game ends immediately. Suppose that you go first and picked 7, your opponent picked 5, you then picked 4, and your opponent then picked 3. What is the next number that you should pick? Source: Expii, https://www.expii.com/solve/37/2

Rap music blends lyrics and rhythm, with an underlying structure. Rap song lyrics are measured in bars, each of which contains 4 beats, and corresponds to one line of the song. The first syllable in each bar is more heavily stressed to establish the rhythm. A song often starts with a 4–8 bar intro, and then goes into 16-bar verses, each followed by an 8-bar hook, and finishes with an 8–16 bar outro. At a tempo of 90 beats per minute, if a rap song is about 4 minutes long, how many verses will it contain? Source: Expii, https://www.expii.com/solve/52/3

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You have four interlocking cubes, and you want to use these cubes to build a structure. How many different structures can you build using these four cubes? Assume that the structures are built so that the shared faces of adjoining cubes are completely covered. Use the graph paper below to draw your structures. Beware of structures that are rotations of structures you have already found.

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